Maredsous, Abbaye de Maredsous, F° 26

Le livre du tres noble rommant de Troies (rubric)

General information

Folios	115
Language	Language object (44)
Approx. date	c. 1450
Date notes	'vers 1450-1455', on art historical grounds (Gil 2002, 157); 'XVe siècle' (Knapen 1997, 34).
Place(s) of production	Arras, Cambrai 'Arras ou Cambrai' (Gil 2002, 155). Picard orthographical traits.
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit	[f. 1ra] Chy commenche le prologue et le livre du tres noble rommant de troies et de la place ou elle fu fondée et comment elle fu premierement destruite par locoison de la toison que Jason et Hercules alerent conquerre en lisle de colcos... (Knapen 1997, 33)
Explicit	[f. 115v] Et ie le translatay de latin en roman et franchois. Et par droit compte selon ce que ie lay trouve... explicit. (Knape 1997, 33)

Material

Material:	Material object (1)
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Structure

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Quire marks:	MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21)
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Catchword disposition:	MSCatchwordDisposition object (12)

Physical description

No. of illustrations:	79
General illustration:	This MS is 'le seul exemplaire de 'prose 1' à posséder un cycle d'illustrations aussi important' (Gil 2002, 259). The illustrations are the work of the Master of the Paule Beye Missal, who apparently drew on both French and Italian iconographical sources. See Gil 2002 for further details.
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Mise en page

Description 1	Source: Knapen 1997, 34.
Page sampled
Layout	MSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions	320x215 (mm)
Justification	(mm)
Columns	2 mm between columns
Lines	36
Rubrication	Chapter headings.
Writing above top line?	False
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Hand(s)

Level of Execution:	Execution object (3)
Script	Script object (7)
Folio range	From 1r to 151v
Date	c. 1450
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